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Reading handout for lesson 1Part 1 Part 1.1 : VocabularyChessBasketballBoard gamesSports SwimmingTennisCardsDancingWeightliftingSkiingYogaShoppingExerciseHaving funPartying KaratePokerPuzzlesKick boxingHikingSharingChattingPart 1.2: Practice3Part 2: Reading1.Read the following text and then look at the questions on the next page.The value of friendship Recent research into the world of teenagers has suggested that they value friendship above everything else. Children aged between 12 and 15 were asked what was important to them. Their answers included possessions such as money and computer gadgets but also relationships with people. The teenagers questioned said that friends were the most important to them, more even than family, or boyfriends and girlfriends. We wanted to find out more about the results of this research so we asked our readers what they thought about the value of friendship. Here are some examples of what they said about their friends: Ben, 15: Every time I have a fight with my parents, I need some time on my own. But after that, the first thing I do is meet up with my friends. After playing football for a while, or skateboarding, I usually feel much happier again. Rory, 13: When I moved to a village in the countryside, I thought that it would be the end of my friendships. But my old friends have kept in touch and they come and visit in the holidays. Theres a lake nearby, so we often go sailing, water-skiing or windsurfing. And I have made some new friends here too, at school, and since I joined the rugby club. Carlos, 11: Last year, I broke my arm on a skiing holiday. Unfortunately, it was my left arm and I am lefthanded. My school friends all helped and copied their notes for me. It seems that our readers value their friendships very highly. From what they told us, they spend a lot of time with their friends, just hanging out, or sharing hobbies and interests. They seem to need their friends for advice, help, chats, and for having fun. Clearly, friends make each other feel better. Looking at what our readers told us, the results of the recent research are not really surprising.2.Try to answer this question yourself first, before reading the explanation. Choose the best answer from the letters a-d.To teenagers, money is . a) not important. b) as important as computer gadgets. c) as important as relationships with people. d) less important than friendships.3. Look at the questions in Exercise 4, without reading the answer options. Underline the question words (e.g. where, when, what) and the key words in each of the questions (1-3) and sentence stems (4-5).4. Now answer these multiple-choice questions. Choose the appropriate letter a, b, c or d.i. Why are Ben, Rory and Carlos mentioned in the article? A. They know why teenagers value friendship. B. They gave information about themselves. C. They read magazines, D. They are teenage boys. ii. Which of the following best describes Ben? A. He often has fights, B. He likes being alone. C. He is happier than his friends, D. He likes some sports. iii. What do we know about the lake that Rory visits? A. It is near the school。 B. It is near his home. C. It is used by a lot of people who do water sports。D. It is in a village. iv. Carlos mentions that he is left-handed because . A. it makes skiing harder. B. it makes it worse that he broke the arm he uses most. C. it is an interesting fact about himself and he was talking about his left arm. D. it is very unfortunate when you break your left arm. v. The answers to the recent research and the answers from the readers . A. were surprising B. were the same. C. were similar D. were both about sports.Part 3: HomeworkQuestions 1 -6 Choose the appropriate letters a, b, c or d. i. How many friends do the majority of people probably have? a) 30 real friends or fewer b) a minimum of 30 real friends c) 150 internet friends d) 400 internet friends ii. It is difficult. a) to believe the numbers about friendship. b) to keep your friends happy. c) to trust what you read on social networking sites. d) to give a definition of friendship.iii. Friendship means . a) different things to different people. b) dying for your friends if you need to. c) helping each other until it is no longer necessary. d) accepting people with different views.iv. Sometimes people worry because . a) they think that they have too many friends. b) they spend too much time with friends. c) they think they are too old to make friends.d) there are no guidelines about friendship.v. Most o f us. a) are dissatisfied with our friends. b) build friendships late in life. c) are frightened to talk to strangers. d) need to be with others.vi. What does Strangers are friends we have not met yet mean? a) We have not met strangers before, b) Strangers are also our friends. c) We should not talk to strangers. d) Strangers may become our friends.It is said that most people have no more than 30 friends at any given time, and 400 over the whole of their lives. However, on social networking sites, most users have about 150 friends. If these numbers are correct, then friendship means different things in different situations. One of the reasons for having more online friends than real friends at a certain point in time is that online friendships do not require much time and energy: it is easy to accept friendships and keep them forever. Another possibility is that it is difficult to say no when somebody asks us to be their friend online, even if we feel we dont really know them. The fact that they ask us suggests that they do consider us a friend, which is a nice feeling. Alternatively, they may be collectors of online friends and just want to use us to get a higher number of friends and appear to be popular. Online friendships are quite easy, but in the real world decisions about friendships are harder to make. There are no rules about friendship. There are no guidelines about how to make friends, how to keep friendships going, and how to finish friendships if we want to move on. People have very different opinions about this: some people would die for their friends and they value them more than family. Others say that friends are temporary, only there to help each other until they are no longer needed. If people with such different views become friends, this can lead to problems. Because of these different definitions of friendship, it is easy to be unhappy about our friendships. We may want them to be deeper or closer, or we may want to have m
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